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The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	winter	2008	2-3,000 individuals	A4i
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	winter	2007-2008	10-500 individuals	A4i
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2007	10-30 breeding pairs	A1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2007	20-40 breeding pairs	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2007	1-2 breeding pairs	A1
Great Tit Parus major	LC	breeding	2007	5-10 breeding pairs	A3
Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama	LC	breeding	2007	20-50 breeding pairs	A3
Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota	LC	breeding	2007	10-30 breeding pairs	A3
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta	LC	breeding	2007	10-40 breeding pairs	A3
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps	LC	breeding	2007	100-150 breeding pairs	A3
Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani	LC	breeding	2007	100-200 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2018) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Chukar Alectoris chukar	1	175	individuals	100	favourable
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	975	2,010	individuals	100	favourable
Goosander Mergus merganser	210	72	individuals	35	very unfavourable
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	2	4	individuals	100	favourable
Stock Dove Columba oenas	1	2	individuals	100	favourable
Mew Gull Larus canus	41	16	individuals	40	unfavourable
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	2	1	individuals	50	unfavourable
Merlin Falco columbarius	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	1	2	individuals	100	favourable
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	1	5	individuals	100	favourable
Daurian Jackdaw Corvus dauuricus	1	20	individuals	100	favourable
Rook Corvus frugilegus	15	9	individuals	60	unfavourable
Carrion Crow Corvus corone	16	1	individuals	7	very unfavourable
Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis	1	10	individuals	100	favourable
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris	7	355	individuals	100	favourable
Crested Lark Galerida cristata	3	50	individuals	100	favourable
Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota	1	2	individuals	100	favourable
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	1	1	individuals	100	favourable
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	1	3	individuals	100	favourable
Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis	2	30	individuals	100	favourable
Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	12	1	individuals	9	very unfavourable
Carpodacus sibiricus	28	7	individuals	25	very unfavourable
Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus	22	5	individuals	23	very unfavourable

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Wetlands (inland)	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs, Scree, boulders & bare rocky areas	45
Desert	Desert & semi-desert - clay, Desert & semi-desert - sandy	30
Shrubland	Low bushes, Scrub	10
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams, Water-fringe vegetation	10
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	5
Forest	Flood-plain	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	40
rangeland/pastureland	30
tourism/recreation	30
fisheries/aquaculture	10
agriculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kapchagay Canyon (Kazakhstan). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kapchagay-canyon-iba-kazakhstan on 22/11/2024.